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Chapter 102

Author: Henry Smith
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“Rose.”

Lucas’s voice was low, careful, the way it always was now when he didn’t want to startle me or the child. I turned from the window, already knowing what he was about to say by the tightness in his jaw.

“The wards shifted again,” he continued. “Not broken. Not tested. Just… acknowledged.”

I let out a slow breath. “He’s mapping us.”

“Yes.”

I moved back to the table and sat, easing myself down as another faint roll stirred beneath my ribs. The child had grown more active in the past days, as if aware that stillness was no longer an option.

“How long?” I asked.

Lucas leaned against the edge of the desk, arms folded. “Hours. Maybe days. Drake doesn’t rush when he believes he’s winning.”

“He doesn’t believe he’s winning,” I corrected. “He believes we’re about to make a mistake.”

Jake entered without knocking, expression hard. “Scouts returned from the western ridge. Nothing crossed the border, but something watched it.”

Clara followed him in, braid thrown over one shoulder, eyes sha
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